You couldn't ask for a better weekend to get out fishing than what is predicted for this Saturday and Sunday. While we've been fishing in the Lehigh Valley and Southeastern Pennsylvania since March 29, and in New Jersey since last Saturday, the rest of Pennsylvania finally opens up for trout 8 a.m. Saturday. If you have a small boat, you may want to head out to Leaser Lake in northwestern Lehigh County. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission stocked a pretty good number of trout in the lake, but no one is catching them from the shore. People in small boats there are reporting some success, however, and as the weather warms the trout are sure to start getting hungrier. ...

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